On 11th anniversary of the United Nations’ Conference
in Rio on Environment
(From June 11th until June 14 th of 1992)
2nd part of the Interview with Dr. Kazem Moosavi-Zadeh, Director of Environment
in Green Party of Iran
Interviewer,Mr. Arash Shams: why did Iran necessitate a Green Party In
same retrospective elaborate about the variety of effects the Green Party
shall have in regard to the peoples’ lives and future of Iran.

Dr. Moosavi-Zadeh: Your question is very important, and
naturally to answer that, I should point out about every detail of the
wide spectrum of historical studies of our struggle and our ecological
science both in Iran and on the international level which, I believe the
limited time we have could not make it possible to be done.

But in general and brief some can be said in that regard.
Three major issues were analyzed accurately;

Firstly, the determining conditions of political struggles
for freedom and existing environmental and ecological contemporary matters
growing exponentially in Iran, and also the daily hot issues of environment
on a global scale.

Secondly, determining the positive scenario based on
facts and the revealed, problems plus principles and existing directive
of the struggles against existing theocratic dictatorship in Iran in favor
of formation of a national democratic progressive secular arrangement
in Iran.

Thirdly, taking a ground-breaking organized struggle
in order to act seriously to interact with the just demand of overthrowing
the regime of the clergies as soon as possible, in addition to create
solidarity among the progressive forces in opposition movement, i.e. the
true opponents of the regime and also determining a direction for later
changes for true interest of the people’ lives and establishing a productive
and sustainable development in Iran that will prevail.

Thus, the foundation of the Green Party of Iran were
in ties with both the necessitated conditions of the liberation struggle
movement and combining that with the needed ecological conditions and
matters, plus expansion of the information in recent years having a social
basis has become vindicated and also has been set up, not only based on
both theoretical and also existing practical realities.

Moreover, in today’s world globally, the endeavor to
create and develop the mindset and Eco-political social movement in Iran
is a coherent subject founded on daily-discovered sciences and its decree,
in addition to the inscribed principles and values of the international
manifesto of the international charter of humans rights which needed to
be done from long ago in a country such as Iran considering its ecological
vitality. What I am trying to state is that the Green Party of Iran needed
not to make an absolute copycat alike the Green Parties and groups in
the capitalistic developed countries, for the sake of history of their
struggles and activities. Ecological and political perspective is beyond
any formats of ethical, ideological and religious values and due to its
Para-Class, and Para-mythological aspects, they do not necessitate historical
movements of class struggle of Iranian workers, etc.

With such an introduction, let me present the fundamental
reasons for Iran Green Party’s formation in more bluntly. The reasons
for its foundation were:

A – For theoretical and serious practical dealings with
important matters and interrelated problems of pollution and escalating
environmental destruction and widely spread wasting of natural resources
and national assets any sort of development under the clergies’ regime
is narrow. Also it is needed for catalyzing the potentials and feasibilities
of the people’s environmental protesting movements and non-governmental,
independent from regime forces, and also for massive preparedness and
popular engagement

After the fall of the regime for recovery in utilization
and conservation of the environment and national assets in the lines of
country’s all angles progressive, and sustainable development.

B – To form a new national and international struggling
front, intended for accessing and positive improvements in levels of the
peoples’ demands and democratic interest, for quality of liberation and
democratic struggles in the path of forming a people’s secular democratic
establishment with Iranian remarkable ecological attribute.

C – For a replying correctly and in a harmonious fashion
to the needs, expectations and real massive demands of the peoples, and
in particular the diverse modern elements necessitated for today’s young
generation of Iran.

It is not necessary to mention that due to the effects
of the changes and transformation of today’s world (locally, regionally
and globally) and having access to news provided by the satellite media,
electronic information, Internet and various modern sciences and knowledge
of the day, conditions of the high population of the youth, various contemporary
forces and ideas and political aspirations and modern demands have been
created in Iranian society of which, by will or otherwise, majority of
them have explicit and direct connections with the ecological and environmental
matters and problems of Iran, and also the whole world. Therefore, this
spectacular existing escalating potential necessitated a progressive democratic
and political ecology – oriented party that would comply with the modern
innovative programs and advantageous and tenet organizing. But then, you
also asked about the effectiveness of the Green Party of Iran.

In terms of struggle currently the political and cultural
activities of the Green Party has a general, mass related and international
essential beat, and through precise dynamic endeavors it can create the
conditions and practicality to bring about solidarity amongst the progressive
figures and organizations of the anti – Islamic Republic opposition front
toward a high level, and have a positive and efficient role in exposing
the regime throughout the everyday international complex politics and
changes.

As said by Dr. Karim Ghasiem, one of the original founders
of the Socio-Political Ecological Movement of Iran, and also is the director
of National Council of Resistance’s Environmental Commission, basically
the innermost cultural essence of ecological politics and thinking are
based upon feeling responsible in protecting accountably, cautiously and
evenhanded. The fact that the capability to be flexible and logically
and politically harmoniously and constantly accepting the changes occurring
on the evolving world eventually enables the qualitative development of
the foundations, capabilities, innovations and scientific and radical
creativities and the most of it all, can have a very positive effect in
the arena of democratic attitude and public developmental consent in society
of Iran.

Well known that is, wide variety of perspectives, thoughts,
ideologies, political forces, or nationalities with a large spectrum of
languages, religions, identities and old matters to be fond of exist in
Iran.
But wheatear wanting or not, existence of a healthy environmental sphere
as the foundation of living growth and development and successful political,
social or otherwise activities are essentially their common denominator
and filed of interest in which, their actions are well aligned. Meaning
that socio-ecological political activities and perspective are spontaneously
and in an auto-dynamic fashion fields in which, democratic political consent
and attitude are interactive and efficient among humans that brings progressive
movements close to one another.

Another important term is the modern socio-ecological
standpoint and definition of the matters of libertarian movement. Also
the matter of the freedom’s acquirement and its depth, establishment of
social justice and human rights, obliteration of sexual and cultural inequity
of women, also just distribution of national social, scientific and other
achievements, be it a capitalist, or socialist, etc. are immensely and
undividedly interconnected with national, natural assets that exist in
our land. Attentively speaking, the Islamic Republic regime has been
the cause of unhealthy economical development based upon unlimited waste,
unjust and inefficient plundering of natural resources and assets of the
country. Due to the high ratio of plundering and manipulation of the
national resources by the capitalists, “Aghazadehs” (sons of Ayatollahs
and other clergies) and the wealthy individuals whom are dependent to
the order of disparity amongst exploiters and the poor and low income
masses of the society that is growing constantly and the weigh of economical
oppression and poverty is growing on the back of the workers, women and
children are the roots of these tragic problems. And continuation of
these conditions directly increases ecological balances and escalating
destruction of the environment and growing threats toward the peoples’
living in our country are the natural consequences. That is the for same
causes that places the Green Party of Iran as the first environmentalist
movement that is seriously standing in an opposition status against the
Islamic Republic regime all through the world. Based upon our basic principles,
we are responsible in regard, due to the Islamic Republic regime’s severe
breakings of the human rights, sexual apartheid, torture, execution and
existence of political prisoners per se, severe disdain of the rights
of national minorities, sexes, races and faiths, execution of warfare
and terrorism, persistent censorship of the periodicals/publications and
also disturbing destruction of the environment has made having any sorts
of dialogs and cultural and political cooperation with the clergies’ regime
a terrible course of action against national interests and beyond, and
hence we condemn it solidly.

The Green Party has received its résistance and clear
red lining from the objective realities of this regime; the realities
that have been clearly exposed. Green Party of Iran is adamant to the
laws of current level of struggle which; political deadlock is the main
point that has locked the development and appropriate and progressive
economical growth under the status quo. The political deadlock is the
existence of the armed – political theocratic dictatorship of the “Velayat-e-Faghih”
regime[1].
As shown through experience, due to the essential structure and its inflexible
nature, reactionary and anti modernism of the regime, with or without
Khatami[2]
it cannot be reformed. As shown through the growth of the demonstrations
of protest and widely spontaneous uprisings of the people and students
in various cities of Iran,
sooner or later this regime shall be overthrown. Well, the concrete policies
and the bright program of the green party is both well-suited with the
political conditions and demands of the people, and also can be efficient
and advantageous, in bringing solidarity within the social movements currently.

The general and widely practical and systematic ecological
program of the green party is focused in particular in finding and presenting
necessitated harmonious suggestions and solutions for the very future
Iran’s fundamental problems, be it political, humanitarian, cultural-social,
economical and environmental matters. Sustainable developmental policies
and programs of tomorrow are based upon 3 basic principles: resolving
the financial and environmental recessions, along with the cultural and
social existing conditions. Implementation of such prolific programs
can only be attainable on the basis of ecological research and understanding,
necessity of a variety of education always present in public and in different
economical sectors of society. This subject matter results ethical, moral,
scientific, rational and fundamental change and transformation in Iran
society.

One of the most important and basic matters that need
immediate resolution after the Islamic Republic regime’s fall is the matter
of unemployment and creating and expanding the availability of job opportunity
for nation’s women and men. Along the lines of economical, industrial,
agricultural and environmental services in particular, new jobs also keep
on popping up constantly. For example; in the first occasion indicated
improvements in the following list are certainly likely and attainable:

Serving for educational developments to increase knowledge
and public science, and escalation of expertise amongst workers and peasants
by academic students, graduates, faculties, and etc. or/plus scientific
professional research for improvement and defining the old technological
machines, design and construction of technical and professional institutions
in the field of building s structures and technicalities about ecological
aspects of urban design, industry,agriculture and countryside expansion.

Activities in regard to improvement of natural resource
like raw materials and energy source refining and feasible usage and also
water resources in economical field.- Using natural gas as the energy
source for automobiles and other industries in order to avert air pollution.-
Organizing road and transportation industries.-
Programs for dividing waste and garbage from sewage, industries and hospitals
in a principled and safe fashion.-
Proper and efficient usage of attainable materials that can be used in
different economical and industrial fields, repairing and securing garbage
masses and closed industrial centers.-
Correcting and finding sensible locations for establishing industrial
projects and industrial provinces that already exist (in province such
as Tehran, Isfahan,
Khorasan, Khoozestan, Fars, Azerbaijan
and Mazandaran)- Renewal
and restoration of forests-
Cleaning water resource-
Marketing and distribution of industrial productions . . .

And hundreds of legal services, trade and other technical
fields that considering the existing professional and expert human resources,
cultural, legal, political and nature conservationist scientists are the
undeniable fields for jobs and professions.

I should put emphasis as I mentioned earlier the fact
that considering the size of the land in her geo-political field and economical
grand ecological – economical value of the widely spread land between
Caspian Sea and Persian Gulf, in a sensitive area of the Middle East Iran
is certainly an important realm amongst all.

Especially while having the rich stock of hydrocarbon
fuels and how enormous those banks are, she is the second largest supplier
of natural gas which, is the better (more environment friendly – trans.)
fuel resource for technological usage worldwide.

Thusly, a politically democratic Green Party is necessary
for pursuing policies and ecologically sane economical and industrial
projects and plans.

The dynamic efforts of the Green Party of course
shall reduce the negative effects of the capitalist policies that are
based upon disorderly usage of the resources in the social, political,
cultural and economical fields of Iran’s future as much as that can be
attainable.

The Green Party of Iran has strong faith that socio-political
and ecological democratic policies’ efficiency can be achievable only
when deeds are handed to the peoples themselves. For working example
would be development and administrating an enduring economy and conserving
their own living environment in accordance with their own understanding,
experiences, cultural identities and fondness of their good old surrounding
conditions. Such an ecological awareness would not only prepare and ensure
corresponding indispensable and political conditions for self-determination
ruling for different regions, but would also continue guaranteeing the
necessitated elements of the establishment of a Federal orderliness
administration for Iran.

Likewise, holding its general and international appealing
politics, the Green Party of Iran shall look forward vast support
coming from the progressive forces of the world nations and in particular
the neighboring and regional countries, and also widely spread support
from the existing United Nations 21st century programs for
advancement and stabilizing the developing countries that serve the interest
of Iranian people’s steps forward.

Hence, for summing up we should say that whilst having
limited resources and weakness in eco-political instigation we possess
within the suppressing theocracy of clergies regime in Iran currently,
nevertheless the beginning of the cultural and political projects of the
Green party as the opening top-chapter has served well as a historical,
positive actions with its forthcoming aptitude. A step it has been that
acts like the historical deadlocked breaker in the lines of material and
natural preservations of lives, not only for Iran’s today and tomorrow,
but also on the international level.

I should remark finally that the development of complex
and broad actions of the Green Party solely relies on strong will, determination
and humane historical responsibilities, affable sincere and productive
cooperation of every single concerned Iranian through connection and direct
bond, whether within the border of motherland, or abroad it has had, and
so it shall be done.

[1] Velayat-e-Faghih is the religious-political order
that was formulated, theorized and established by Ayatollah Khomeini,
a Shiite Muslim clergy in exile who had published it years before the
1979 defeated revolution of the Iranian People. The best comparison
that can be made is the condition of Catholicism in the dark ages, whence
the master clergy, i.e. the pope’s word would be unconditionally imposed
upon the people, progressive thinkers would be executed and tortured,
witches would be burnt and so forth. Stoning the women for adultery,
killing the people who had dared to question the legitimacy of the existing
Imam, flogging peoples backs, executing thousands of people all
and all, are not much different from the those times’ conditions. still,
the civilization has changed and as nowadays said by many, fear of losing
Iran to the radicals while Shah, the King of Iran were about to be overthrown,
made the western media and powers yielding the road to Khomeini and
his gang. To sum this part of history, lowering the price of oil, further
destruction of Iran’s economy and course environment and last of all
but not the least, wiping out the radicals, progressives, leftists,
republic nationalists and a number of other opposition forces was done
on a level that can not currently be compared with any other existing
fascist regime in the world. Trans.

[2] Ayatollah Khatami, the current president who made
numerous promises to the people about making fundamental changes and bring
about freedom of speech, better prison conditions and establishing better
relations with other countries and step away from fundamentalism, whom
in practice did not do a thing under the charade that he does not have
enough power and Ayatollah Khamenei, the current Imam of Iranian Shiites,
although “Hezbollah” of Lebanon and some others who get financed by Islamic
Republic for terrorist activities naturally have some respect for him.